Comments on: Podcasts on iTunes http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/ ...even when i'm awake Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:22:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: I dream in colors » Someone does read this http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/comment-page-1/#comment-11826 I dream in colors » Someone does read this Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:34:52 +0000 http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/#comment-11826 [...] the left, my idea for half-played podcasts on iTunes, from early 2007. On the right, what I saw today after upgrading [...] [...] the left, my idea for half-played podcasts on iTunes, from early 2007. On the right, what I saw today after upgrading [...]

]]> By: Miss Taggert http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Miss Taggert Sat, 26 May 2007 15:52:27 +0000 http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/#comment-845 iTunes Podcast Problem Solved I’d been having an annoying problem in iTunes 7.0.2: although I’d set the podcast preferences to “Keep: Last 5 episodes”, it was still keeping old episodes around, long after they should have been deleted. After rooting around in Apple’s discussion fora, the solution turned out to be: Select “Podcasts” in the left bar Select everything with Apple-A Right-click (or Ctrl-click, for a one-button mouse) on the mass of selected episodes, and select “Allow Auto Delete” When I next updated the podcasts, it deleted the old episodes, just as it should have. Presumably some podcasts or episodes got marked as “Do Not Auto Delete” somehow, perhaps when I upgraded iTunes, or moved stuff from the old Mac. The annoying part is that there’s no indication in iTunes that Auto Delete has been disabled. That seems like just the sort of UI thing that Apple would have added, given that there are a zillion other status indicators. Update, Dec. 2, 2006: Apparently when you click the “Get” button to manually download a podcast episode, it is automatically (and invisibly) marked as “do no auto delete”. Typically this happens to me when I subscribe to a new podcast: iTunes downloads the latest episode automatically, but I normally download several more, in case I like it. Those episodes don’t get deleted automatically. iTunes Podcast Problem Solved
I’d been having an annoying problem in iTunes 7.0.2: although I’d set the podcast preferences to “Keep: Last 5 episodes”, it was still keeping old episodes around, long after they should have been deleted.

After rooting around in Apple’s discussion fora, the solution turned out to be:

Select “Podcasts” in the left bar
Select everything with Apple-A
Right-click (or Ctrl-click, for a one-button mouse) on the mass of selected episodes, and select “Allow Auto Delete”
When I next updated the podcasts, it deleted the old episodes, just as it should have. Presumably some podcasts or episodes got marked as “Do Not Auto Delete” somehow, perhaps when I upgraded iTunes, or moved stuff from the old Mac.

The annoying part is that there’s no indication in iTunes that Auto Delete has been disabled. That seems like just the sort of UI thing that Apple would have added, given that there are a zillion other status indicators.

Update, Dec. 2, 2006: Apparently when you click the “Get” button to manually download a podcast episode, it is automatically (and invisibly) marked as “do no auto delete”.

Typically this happens to me when I subscribe to a new podcast: iTunes downloads the latest episode automatically, but I normally download several more, in case I like it. Those episodes don’t get deleted automatically.

]]> By: Mark http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Mark Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:43:34 +0000 http://idreamincolors.com/2007/03/podcasts-on-itunes/#comment-241 I would almost pay for this feature! I would almost pay for this feature!

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